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QUESTION BANK
1. The liquid limit and plastic limit of sample are 5 Assertion (A): If the water table is very near to
65% and 29% respectively. The percentage of the subgrade of the road. It will ultimately cause
the soil fraction with grain size finer than 0.002 cracking of the road surface.
mm is 24. The activity ratio of the soil sample Reason (R): The consistency of the soil will
is change from plastic to liquid state leading to its
(a) 0.50 (b) 1.00 volumetric decrease.
(c) 1.5 (d) 2.00 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A
2. The given figure indicate the weights of different
pycnometers: (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
6. The standard plasticity chart to classify fine
grained soils is shown in the given figure.
Empty Pycnometer Pycnometer Pycnometer
Pycnometer +Dry Soil +Soil + Water +Water
W1 W2 W3 W4
PI%
The specific gravity of the solids is given X A-Line
by

W2
(a) W  W 20 35 50
4 2
%LL
The area marked X represents
W1  W2
(b) (W  W )  (W  W ) (a) silt of low plasticity
3 4 2 1
(b) clay of high plasticity
W2 (c) organic soil of medium plasticity
(c) W  W (d) clay of intermediate plasticity
3 4
7. A soil sample is having a specific gravity of 2.60
W2  W1 and a void ratio of 0.78. The water content in
(d) percentage required to fully saturate the soil at that
(W2  W1 )  (W3  W4 )
void ratio would be
3. A soil sample has a shrinkage limit of 10% and (a) 10 (b) 30
specific gravity of soil solids as 2.7. The porosity (c) 50 (d) 70
of the soil at shrinkage limit is
8. A dry soil has mass specific gravity of 1.35.If
(a) 21.2% (b) 27% the specific gravity of solids is 2.7, then the void
(c) 73% (d) 78.8% ratio will be
4. In a wet soil mass, air occupies one-sixth of its (a) 0.5 (b) 1.0 (c) 1.5 (d) 2.0
volume and water occupies one-third of its 9. A clay sample has a void ratio of 0.50 in dry
volume. The void ratio of the soil is state and specific gravity of solids = 2. 70. Its
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.5 shrinkage limit will be
(a) 12% (b) 13.5%
(c) 1.00 (d) 1.50
(c) 18.5% (d) 22%
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10. A soil has liquid limit of 60% plastic limit of 35% 15. The moisture content of a clayey soil is gradually
and shrinkage limit of 20% and it has a natural decreased from a large value. What will be the
moisture content of 50%. The liquidity index of correct sequence of the occurrence of the
soil is following limits?
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.25 1. Shrinkage limit
(c) 0.6 (d) 0.4 2. Plastic limit
11. Consider the following statements in relation to 3. Liquid limit
the given sketch: Select the correct answer using the codes given
below:
Volume (cc) Weight (g) (a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 3, 2
0.2 Air 0
0.3 Water 0.3 (c) 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 1, 2
0.5 Solids 0.1
16. The initial and final void ratios of a clay sample
in a consolidation test are 1 and 0.5, respectively.
1. Soil is partially saturated at degree of
If initial thickness of the sample is 2.4 cm, then
saturation = 60%
its final thickness will be
2. Void ratio = 40%
(a) 1.3 cm (b) 1.8 cm
3. Water content = 30%
(c) 1.9 cm (d) 2.2 cm
4. Saturated unit weight = 1.5 g/cc
17. Given that Plasticity index (PI) of local soil = 15
Which of these statements is/are correct? and PI of sand = zero, for a desired PI of 6, the
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 4 percentage of sand in the mix should be
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 4 (a) 70 (b) 60
12. A soil has a liquid limit of 45% and lies above (c) 40 (d) 30
the A-line when plotted on a plasticity chart.
18. A clayey soil has liquid limit = wL; plastic limit
The group symbol of the soil as per IS soil
= wp and natural moisture content = w. The
Classification is
consistency index of the soil is given by
(a) CH (b) CI
(c) CL (d) MI wL  w wL  wp
(a) w  w (b)
13. The dry density of a soil is 1.5 g/cc. If the L P wL  w
saturation water content were 50% then its
saturated density and submerged density would, wP  w w L  wp
respectively, be (c) w  w (d)
L P wP  w
(a) 1.5 g/cc and 1.0 g/cc
19. Consider the following statements:
(b) 2.0 g/cc and 1.0 g/cc
1. ‘Relative compaction’ is not the same as
(c) 2.25 g/cc and 1.25 g/cc
‘relative density’.
(d) 2.50 g/cc and 1.50 g/cc
2. Vibrofloatation is not effective in the case
14. A fill having a volume of 1,50.000 cum is to be of highly cohesive soils.
constructed at a void ratio of 0.8. The borrow
3. ‘Zero air void line’ and 100% saturation line
pit soil has a void ratio of 1.4. The volume of
are not identical.
soil required (in cubic meters) to be excavated
from the borrow pit will be Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1,87,500 (b) 2,00,000 (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3
(c) 2,10,000 (d) 2,25,000 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 alone
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20. A soil has mass unit weight  , water content Codes: A B C D
‘w’ (as ratio). The specific gravity of soil solids (a) 4 3 5 1
= G, unit weight of water =  w ; S the degree (b) 5 4 3 1
of saturation of the soil is given by (c) 4 1 5 2
(d) 5 1 3 2
1 w
(a) S   1
24. If an unconfined compressive strength of 4 kg/
w
(1  w)  cm2 in the natural state of clay reduces by four
 G times in the remoulded state, then its sensitivity
w will be
(b) S 
w 1 (a) 1 (b) 2
(1  w) 
 G (c) 4 (d) 8
25. The value of porosity of a soil sample in which
(1  w)
(c) S  the total volume of soil grains is equal to twice
w 1
(1  w)  the total volume of voids would be
 G (a) 75% (b) 66.66%
w (c) 50% (d) 33.33%
(d) S 
w 1 26. A soil has a liquid limit of 40% and plasticity
(1  w) 
 wG index of 20%. The plastic limit of the soil will be
21. The saturated and dry densities of a soil are (a) 20% (b) 30%
respectively 2000 kg/m3 and 1500 kg/m3. The (c) 40% (d) 60%
water content (in percentage) of the soil in the 27. A sample of saturated sand has a dry unit weight
saturated state would be of 18 kN/m3 and a specific gravity of 2.7. If
(a) 25 (b) 33.33 density of water is 10 kN/m3, the void ratio of
(c) 50 (d) 66.66 the soil sample will be
22. If a soil sample of weight 0.18 kg having a (a) 0.5 (b) 0.6
volume of 10–4 m3 and dry unit weight of 1600 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.9
kg/m3 is mixed with 0.02 kg of water then the Common Data for Questions :28 & 29
water content in the sample will be For constructing an embankment, the soil is transported
(a) 30% (b) 25% from a borrow area using a truck which can carry
(c) 20% (d) 15% 6m3 of soil at a time. The details are as follows.
23. Match List-I (Terms) with List-II (Formulae)
and select the correct answer using the codes Borrow Truck Field
Property
given below the lists: area (loose) (compacted)
List-I List-II Bulk density 1.66 1.15 1.82
VV (g / cc)
A. Void Ratio 1.
V Water content 8 6 14
(%)
WW
B. Porosity 2. WS 28. The quantity of soil to be excavated from the
borrow pit, in m3 for a compacted earth fill of
VW
C. Degree of saturation 3. 100 m3 is
VV (a) 104 cum (b) 146 cum
W (c) 98 cum (d) 87 cum
D. Water content 4. 29. The number of truck loads of soil required to
V
obtain 100m3 of compacted earth fill
VV (a) 12 nos. (b) 56 nos.
5. (c) 25 nos. (d) 33 nos
VS
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30. When the product of rock weathering is not 39. A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m3.
transported as sediment but remains in place, is How many cubic meters of this soil will be
called required to construct an embankment of 100 m3
(a) alluvial soil (b) glacial soil volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m3.
(c) residual soil (d) aeoline soil (a) 94 m3 (b) 106 m3
31. Aeolian soils are (c) 100m3 (d) 90m3
(a) Residual soils (b) Wind deposits 40. The void ratio and specific gravity of a soil are
(c) Gravity deposits (d) Water deposits 0.65 and 2.72 respectively. The degree of
32. If the porosity of a soil sample is 20%, the void saturation (in percent) corresponding to water
ratio is content of 20% is
(a) 0.20 (b) 0.80 (a) 65.3 (b) 20.9
(c) 1.00 (d) 0.25 (c) 83.7 (d) 54.4
33. Consistency Index for a clayey soil is [{LL= 41. A dry soil sample has equal amounts of solids
Liquid Limit, PI = Plasticity Index, w = natural and voids by volume. It void ratio and porosity
moisture content] will be
LL  w w  PL Void ratio Porosity (%)
(a) (b)
PI PI (a) 1.0 100%
(c) LL – PL (d) 0.5 w (b) 0.5 50%
34. If soil is dried beyond its shrinkage limit, it will (c) 0.5 100%
show
(d) 1.0 50%
(a) Large volume change
42. The plasticity index and the percentage of grain
(b) Moderate volume change
size finer than 2 microns of a clay sample are
(c) Low volume change 25 and 15, respectively. Its activity ratio is
(d) No volume change (a) 2.5 (b) 1.67
35. The toughness index of clayey soils is given by
(c) 1.0 (d) 0.6
(a) Plasticity index/Flow index
43. A soil sample having a void ratio of 1.3, water
(b) liquid limit /Plastic limit
content of 50% and a specific gravity of 2.60,
(c) Liquidity index /plastic limit is in a state of
(d) Plastic limit/Liquidity index
(a) partial saturation (b) full saturation
36. A soil sample in its natural state has mass of
(c) over saturation (d) under saturation
2.290 kg and a volume of 1.15 × 10–3 m3. After
being oven dried, the mass of the sample is 44. The natural void ratio of a sand sample is 0.6
2.035 kg. Gs for soil is 2.68. The void ratio of and its density index is 0.6. If its void ratio in the
the natural soil is loosest state is 0.9, then the void ratio in the
(a) 0.40 (b) 0.45 densest state will be
(c) 0.55 (d) 0.53 (a) 0.2 (b) 0.3
37. Principle involved in the relationship between (c) 0.4 (d) 0.5
submerged unit weight and saturated weight of 45. Which one of the following correctly represents
a soil is based on the dry unit weight of a soil sample which has
(a) Equilibrium of floating bodies a bulk unit weight of t at a moisture content of
(b) Archimedes’ principle w%?
(c) Stokes’ law w 
w t 
(d) Darcy’s law (a) (b)  t  1  
100  100 
38. A soil sample has a void ratio of 0.5 and its
porosity will be close to
 100   t (100  w)
(a) 50% (b) 66% (c)  t   (d)
 100  w  100
(c) 100% (d) 33%
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46. Given that coefficient of curvature = 1.4, 51. Assertion (A): A soil is at its liquid limit if the
D30 = 3 mm, D10 0.6 mm. consistency index of the soil is equal to zero.
Based on this information of particle size Reason (R): The consistency index of a soil is
distribution for use as subgrade, this soil will be defined as ratio of (liquid limit minus the natural
taken to be water content) to (natural water content minus
plastic limit).
(a) uniformly-graded sand
Codes given below :
(b) well-graded sand
(a) Both and R are true and R is the correct
(c) very fine sand
explanation of A
(d) poorly-graded sand
(b) Both and R are true but R is not a correct
47. The following data were obtained from a liquid explanation of A
limit test conducted on a soil sample.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Number of
17 22 25 28 34 52. Consistency as applied to cohesive soils is an
blows
Water indicator of its
63.8 63.1 61.9 60.6 60.5
Content (a) density (b) moisture content
(c) shear strength (d) porosity
The liquid limit of the soil is:
(a) 63.1% (b) 62.8% 53. The ratio of saturated unit weight to dry unit
(c) 61.9% (d) 60.6% weight of a soil is 1.25. If the specific gravity of
48. The void ratios at the densest, loosest and the solids (Gs) is 2.65, the void ratio of the soil is
natural states of a sand deposit are 0.2, 0.6, (a) 0.625 (b) 0.663
and 0.4 respectively. The relative density of (c) 0.944 (d) 1.325
the deposit is 54. In the phase diagrams given the change due to
(a) 100% (b) 75% initial state changing into final state is shown
(c) 50% (d) 25% due to consolidation. Depth of soil layer
undergoing consolidation is H; e0 is initial void
49. While computing the values of limits of
ratio; er is final void ratio; e is change in void
consistency and consistency indices, it is found
ratio.
that liquidity index, has a negative value.
1. Liquidity index cannot have a negative value e
e0 Water
and should be taken as zero. e1 Water
2. Liquidity index can have a negative value.
3. The soil tested is in semisolid state and stiff.
4. The soil tested is in medium soft state.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 4 (d) 2 and 3
50. Which one of the following represents relative Initial State Final State
density of saturated sand deposit having moisture Indicate which of the following expressions gives
content of 25%, if maximum and minimum void settlement of the layer.
ratio of sand are 0.95 and 0.45 respectively and  e   e 
specific gravity of sand particles is 2.6? (a) H log10   (b) log10  H 
 1  e0   1  e0 
(a) 40% (b) 50%
e e
(c) 60% (d) 70% (c) (d) H
1  e0 1  e0
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55. match List-I (Unit/Test) with List-II (Purpose)  w (G  e)
and select the correct answer using the codes C. Submerged density 3. (1  e)
given below the lists  w (G  1)
List-I D. Saturated density 4. (1  e)
A. Casagrande’s apparatus Codes: A B C D
B. Hydrometer (a) 2 1 4 3
C. Plate load test (b) 2 3 4 1
D. Oedometer (c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
List-II 58. What are the respective values of void ratio,
1. Determination of grain size distribution porosity ratio and saturated density (in kN/m3)
2. Consolidation characteristics for a soil sample which has saturation moisture
content of 20% and specific gravity of grains as
3. Determination of consistency limits
2.6? (take density of water as 10 kN/m3)
4. Determination of safe bearing capacity of
(a) 0.52, 1.08, 18.07 (b) 0.52, 0.34, 18.07
soil
(c) 0.77, 1.08, 16.64 (d) 0.52, 0.3, 20.14
Codes: A B C D 59. Embankment fill is to be compacted at a density
(a) 1 3 2 4 of 18 kN/m3. The soil of the borrow area is at
(b) 1 3 4 2 a density of 15 kN/m3. What is the estimated
(c) 3 1 2 4 number of trips of 6 m3 capacity truck for hauling
(d) 3 1 4 2 the soil required for compacting 100 m3 fill of
the embankment? (Assume that the soil in the
56. Two soil sample A and B have porosities
borrow area and that in the embankment are at
nA = 40% and nB = 60% respectively. What is
the same moisture content)
the ratio of void ratios eA : eB?
(a) 14 (b) 18
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2
(c) 20 (d) 23
(c) 4 : 9 (d) 9 : 4 60. Well-graded dense saturated sands have high
57. Match List-I (Densities) with List-II shear strength because
(Expressions) and select the correct answer using (a) such sands have a better grade (superior
the codes given below the lists: type of sand grains resulting in higher
(Symbols G, e, w and S stand for specific gravity strength
of soil grains, void ratio, unit weight of water (b) such sands have lower water content, which
and degree of saturation respectively) increases shear strength
List-I List-II (c) such sands have better interlocking of grains,
higher inter-particle contacts and higher inter-
 w  G  Se  particle frictional resistance resulting in higher
A. Dry density 1. strength
(1  e)
(d) presence of water in such sands induces
wG capillary pressure generating higher inter
B. Moist density 2. (1  e) granular stresses, which generate apparent
cohesion and hence higher shear strength.
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ANSWERS
NSWERS AND
AND EXPLANATIONS
XPLANATIONS
1. Ans. (c) Soils above A-line are clays and soils below A-
line are silts and organic soils.
Plasticity Index
Activity = % of clay fraction Equation of A-line is, PI = 0.73 (wL – 20)
7. Ans. (b)
65  29 36 Given, S = 100%
   1.5  1.25
24 24
Se 100  0.78
2. Ans. (d)  w   30%
G 2.60
Specific Gravity of solids is given by
8. Ans. (b)
W2  W1
Gs 
(W2  W1 )  (W3  W4 ) Gs
G m  G s (1  n) 
3. Ans. (a) 1 e
Gm is mass specific gravity
e
Shrinkage limit, w s   100 Gm is specific gravity of solids
G
 e  0.1 2.7  0.27 Gs 2.7
 e 1  e 1  1
Porosity, Gm 1.35

e 0.27 9. Ans. (c)

n  100  100  21.2%
1 e 1  0.27 At shrinkage limit, soil is fully saturated.
4. Ans. (c) e 0.5
 ws  100   100  18.5%
Vv G 2.5
Void ratio, e=
Vs
10. Ans. (c)
VV = air void + water filled voids Liquidity Index

 1 V  1 V  V ; Vs  V  Vv  V w  w P 50  35 15
6 3 2 2     0.6
w L  w P 60  35 25

 e  V / 2  1.0 Consistency Index = 1 – 0.6 = 0.4

V/2
11. Ans. (b)
5 Ans. (c)
Vw
The volume of soil increases from plastic limit  Degree of saturation S = V  100  60%
v
to liquid limit. The cracking in soil is due to
reduction in bearing capacity and consequent partially saturated.
failure and heaving.
 0.3 100  60%
6. Ans. (d) 0.2  0.3

% LL (Liquid Limit) Plasticity Vv 0.2  0.3

< 35 Low  end Void ratio e  V  0.5  1
s
35 – 50 Intermediate
> 50 High 1 100  100%

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 Water content 18. Ans. (a)
19. Ans. (a)
Ww 0.3
w   30% ‘Zero air void line1 and 100% saturation line are
Ws 1.0
identical.
 Saturated unit weight 20. Ans. (b)
21. Ans. (b)
 t  W  1.0  0.3  0.2  1.5 g / cc
V 0.2  0.3  0.5 t
d   1500  2000
In case of fully saturated condition air voids will 1 w 1 w
be filled by water.
w = 0.3333 = 33.33%
12. Ans. (b)
22. Ans. (b)
Liquid limit 45% lies between 35% to 50% for
Dry weight of sample = 1600 × 10 r–4 = 0.1 6
intermediate plasticity. The soil above A line
kg Weight of water in soil before mixing
should be given symbol Cl.
additional quantity = 0.18 – 0.16 = 0.02 kg After
13. Ans. (c)
mixing water the total quantity of water = 0.02
 sat   d (1  w)  1.5  1.5  2.25 g / cc + 0.02 = 0.04 kg water
 sub   sat   w  2.25  1.0  1.25 g / cc 0.04
Thus, water content =  100  25%
14. Ans. (b) 0.16
Volume of solids will remain same in fill and 23. Ans. (d)
barrow pit
Degree of saturation,

1 e
V
Vs  V ; 1  e   1V e 
fill borrow pit S
Vw W
100  w 100
Vv Vv
150000  V ; V  2,00,000 cum Density of water is 1 gm/cc.
1  0.8 1  1.4
24. Ans. (c)
15. Ans. (c)
(UCS)natural 4
Liquid limit > Plastic limit > Shrinkage limit Sensitivity   4
16. Ans. (b) (UCS) remoulded (4 / 4)
25. Ans. (d)
H  e ; H  0.5  1
H 1  e0 2.4 1  1 Given, Vs = 2Vv

Vv
H  0.6 cm; Hf  H  H Void ratio, e  V  0.5
s
= 2.4 – 0.6 = 1.8 cm
17. Ans. (b) e 0.5 1
Porosity, n    or33.33%
Assuming in mix, x part is sand and (1 – x) part 1  e 1.5 3
is soil 26. Ans. (a)
Plastic limit, wp = WL – PI = 40 – 20 – 20%
x(PI)sand  (1  x)PIsoil
PI of mix= 27. Ans. (a)
1
G
6  x  0  (1  x)  15 d  w
1 e
x  1  6  9  0.6  60%
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G w 2.7  10 147
 e 1   0.5 = = 24.5 nos ;
d 18 6

28. Ans. (a) Say 25 nos.

29. Ans. (c) 30. Ans. (c)
31. Ans. (b)
Truck Embankment 32. Ans. (d)
Borrow n 0.20
pit e =   0.25
1  n 1  0.2
33. Ans. (a)
34. Ans. (d)
35. Ans. (a)
1  1.66 gm cc  2  1.15 gm cc  3  1.82 gm cc 36. Ans. (d)
w1  8% w 2  6% w 3  14% Given G = 2.68,

 d1 d2  d3 Take  w = 1000 Kg/m3

V1 V2 V3 W 2.290
=  = 1991 Kg/m3
V 1.15  103

1 Water content,
 d1 =
1  w1 W  Wd
w =  100 = 2.290  2.035  100
Wd 2.035
1.66
  d1 =  1.537 gm cc
1  0.08 = 12.53%

.15  1991
d2 =  1.085 gm cc d = = = 1769.3 Kg/m3
1  0.06 1  W 1  0.1253

w  G 1000  2.68
1.82 d = ; 1769.3 =
  d3 =  1.596 gm cc 1 e 1 e
1  0.14
e = 0.52
To find volume of borrow pit (V1) the following
37. Ans. (b)
equation may be used.
38. Ans. (d)
V1  d3 V1 1.596
= e 0.5
V3  d1 ; 100 = 1.537 n=   0.333 = 33.3%
1  e 1  0.5
V1 = 103.84 m3 say 104 m3 39. Ans. (a)
To find number of trunk load : Borrow pit:
V2  d3 V2 1.596  d1 = 17kN/m3; Volume = V1
V3 =  ; =
d2 100 1.085
Embankment:
 V2 = 147 m3
3 3
No. of truck loads  d 2 =16kN/m ; V2 = 100 m
Using the relationship,
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V1  d2 V1 16 0.9  0.6
= ; =  0.9 – emin =
V2  d1 100 17 0.6
V1 = 94.11 m3 emin = 0.9 – 0.5 = 0.4
40. Ans. (c) 45. Ans. (c)

wG 0.20  2.72 t 100  t

e = S ; 0.65 = d = 
r Sr  w  (100  w)
1  
 100 
Sr = 0.837 = 83.7%
41. Ans. (d) 46. Ans. (b)
Coefficient of curvature
Vv
Void ratio, e= V  1 2 2
s D30 D30
Cc = D =
Porosity, D 60  D10  60 Cc  D10

e 1 Coefficient of uniformity,
n=  100 =  100  50%
1e 11 2 2
D30 D60  3  1
42. Ans. (b) Cu = 2  =     17.9
Cc  D10 D10  0.6  1.4
Activity
As 1 < Cc < 3 and Cu > 6 so it is well graded
Plasticity Index sand.
= Percent of clay particles finer than 2 m
47. Ans. (c)
Liquid limit is the water content corresponding
25 to number of blows of 25.
=  1.67
15
48. Ans. (c)
As activity is more than 1.25 so it is active soil. Relative density or Density index,
43. Ans. (b)
e max  e
Gw = Se ID = e  100  50%
max  e min
260  50
S =  100% 49. Ans. (d)
1.3
Therefore soil is fully saturated. wL  w
Consistency index = w  w
L p

S  100% always
w  wP
Remember w can be more than 100% IL 
w L  wP
e can be more than 1.0.
w can be grater than wp
50. Ans. (c)
44. Ans. (c)
At saturated moisture content void ratio is
e max  e
Density Index = e  0.6 Gw 26  25
max  e min e=   0.65
S 100
Void ratio in loosest state, emax = 0.9
Relative density,
Void ratio in natural state, e = 0.6
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57. Ans. (a)
e max  e 0.95  0.65
Dr = e   0.6 Moist density,
max  e min 0.95  0.45

Dr = 60%  G  Se 
 =   w
51. Ans. (c)  1e 
For w = wL For dry density put S = 0
For saturated density put S = 1
wL  w
Consistency index = w  w  0 Submerged density
L P
= saturated density – density of water
52. Ans. (c)
58. Ans. (d)
Consistency of soil refers to the resistance
Given w = 20%, G = 2.6, S = 100%
offered by it against forces that tend to deform
or rupture the soil aggregate. It is related to Gw 2.6  20 e
 e=   0.52 ; n =  0.34
strength. S 100 1e
53. Ans. (b)
G  e 2.6  0.52
 sat  sat =   w =  10
Given  = 1.25, Gs = 2.65  1 e  1  0.52
d
= 20.53 kN/m3
 w  Gs  e   w  Gs If density of water is taken as 9.81 kN/m3
 sat = ; d =
1 e 1 e  sat = 20.14 kN/m3

 sat Gs  e 59. Ans. (c)

2.65  e
d = G s ; 1.25 = 2.65 In problems of fill and borrow pit, the volume of
soil solids shall be equated.
e = 0.663
54. Ans. (d) V V
Vs = 1  e  G(1  w) 
w
 e0  e f  He
Settlement, H = H  1  e   1  e As the moisture content of borrow area and that
 0  0 of embankment are same.
55. Ans. (d) V11 = V2  2
56. Ans. (c)
For 100 m fill at embankment, the volume
nA 0.4 2 required from borrow pit
eA =  
1  nA 0.6 3 100  18
V2 =  120m3
15
nB 0.6 3
eB = 1  n  0.4  2 120
B
Number of trips of truck =  20
6
eA 4 60. Ans. (c)
 eB = 9
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